entanglement
Americannoun
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the act of entangling.
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the state of being entangled.
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something that entangles; snare; involvement; complication.
noun
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something that entangles or is itself entangled
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a sexual relationship regarded as unfortunate, damaging, or compromising
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The results create a new connection between quantum information and solid-state physics by showing that quantum entanglement can be measured directly in a macroscopic strange metal.
From Science Daily • Jul. 8, 2026
Coherence is also closely tied to quantum entanglement, the phenomenon that prompted Albert Einstein to describe it as "spooky action at a distance."
From Science Daily • Jul. 5, 2026
Bernstein analyst Madison Rezaei initially flagged the possibility of such a risk to neoclouds in a March note, likening CoreWeave’s business model to a “situationship,” or a noncommittal romantic entanglement.
From MarketWatch • Jul. 1, 2026
But some argue the Church research should have gone much further to lay out an entanglement with slavery that goes far beyond what the audit showed.
From BBC • Jun. 18, 2026
Flames and rods and tubes and circles, not to say ordinary bulbous bulbs of every size and wattage and color, dangled like fruit from an ecstatic entanglement of wire vines.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
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